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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

ANAND MARRIAGE ACT IMPLEMENTED IN HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ORISSA

New Delhi, September 19 : States of Himachal Pradesh and Orissa havebecome fifth and sixth state respectively to implement the AnandMarriage Act. This was disclosed by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara ManagementCommittee (DSGMC) General Secretary S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa today.

In a statement issued here, S. Sirsa disclosed that he had beeninformed by the Himachal Pradesh Government and Orissa government thatthey have implemented the Anand Marriage act in their states. He saidthat he has been pursuing the matter of implementation of this act inall states of the country. He said that as he was in touch with thesegovernment they have informed now that they have implemented the actin their states.

Earlier this act was implemented in Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand andMeghalaya. Delhi, Bihar, UP, Uttrakhand and Assam were also completingthe process to implement the act.

He said that with the implementation of the act in these states, nowsikhs residing in these states can get their marriages registeredunder the act. He said that this will be helpful to especially tothose sikhs who travel abroad as they had to earlier face lot aproblems because of non registration of their marriages under theact.

S. Sirsa said that it was wish of the Shiromani Akali Dal PresidentMr. Sukhbir Singh Badal to implement this act in all the states andthis wish has been converted into full fledged campaign. He said thatthe was hopeful that soon this will be implemented in all the states. PR